Then and now

Logic Express and Logic Pro 7.1.1, reliability fixes and Tiger compatibility, reported October 5, 2005; Logic Pro 12.4, four crash fixes and one new menu option, released September 29, 2026.

Our LED-backlit 15-inch MacBook Pro took Battery Update 1.3 in October 2007; the MacBook Pro is reported to get an OLED touch screen in October or November 2026.

Then, beta release notes for Mac OS 8.1, an updater to Mac OS 8 due in early December as a download and CD; now, macOS 27.0.1, the first updater to Golden Gate, 3.3GB with one sentence of notes.

MacSoft's America's Greatest Arcade Hits 3D reviewed for the Mac in September 1999; Feral's Viking Sagas expansion for Age of Empires II on the Mac in September 2026.

The first iBooks reached the readers who had ordered them in September 1999; the MacBook Neo, six months after its own arrival, in September 2026.

David Pogue's iLife '05 Missing Manual, September 2005; David Pogue's 125-request missing manual for Siri AI, September 2026.

Opera 6.0 for Mac reached Beta 1 on Opera's own engine, September 2002; Opera 136 reached Stable on Google's Chromium 152, September 2026.

A Sony Ericsson T68i put caller ID and SMS on a Jaguar Mac over Bluetooth, September 2002; macOS 27 puts the whole iPhone in a window you can resize, September 2026.

Six free WWDC sessions on ADC TV in September 2002; six free iPhone Duo Tech Talks and the Xcode 27.1 beta in September 2026.

PC Magazine's G5-versus-Dell comparison and the price it got wrong, September 2003; the first M6 and M5 Ultra Geekbench scores against Apple's own claims, September 2026.

Bill Fox's second week with Snow Leopard's Mail 4.1 and its Exchange bugs, September 2009; the first week of macOS 27 Golden Gate and the bugs reported in it, September 2026.

The Mac OS X Public Beta on the editors' iMac and Power Mac G4 in September 2000; the first macOS 27.2 developer beta, two days after Golden Gate shipped, in September 2026.

Apple added the new iMac G5 to its iMac support page, September 2004; Apple moved the last 21.5-inch Intel iMac to its vintage list, September 2026.

Apple agreed to keep patching Jaguar after Panther shipped, November 2003; Tahoe gets its first patch after Golden Gate, September 2026.

About nine hours per charge from Logitech in 2005; up to 22 hours with the case, and noise cancellation, for $129 in 2026.

Twenty-one years, $400, and the display is still your problem.

The original, from the January 2007 keynote, is the phone Ternus measures the Duo against.

The 8GB iPhone, $599 in 2007; the iPhone 18 Pro, $1,199 in 2026, with an aperture that moves.

Intel came in with the MacBook Pro and iMac in January 2006; it goes out with macOS 27.

The Power Mac G5 shipping on schedule in August 2003; a Mac Studio with 36 CPU cores shipping September 22, 2026.

Windows Update carried propaganda in June 1999; in September 2026 it carries a patch and not yet the taskbar.

The Mac OS X Public Beta, September 2000; the macOS 27 public beta, 2026, with a Siri that talks back.

Halo reached the Mac in December 2003, years after the PC; Apple's toolkit now exists to shorten that wait.

Mac OS X out next Saturday, March 2001; macOS 27 out next week, September 2026, and the Intel Macs out with it.

A proof-of-concept Trojan hiding in an MP3 in 2004; infostealers posing as Apple's own tools in 2026.

The last time the top job changed hands in a hurry, July 1997; a hardware engineer takes it in 2026.

A $161 million quarterly loss in October 1997; $109.4 billion of quarterly revenue in 2026.

A keynote-day notice for Steve Jobs in January 2001; the same notice for John Ternus's first keynote in September 2026.